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CVE-2010-2939

Date: August 17, 2010

Double free vulnerability in the ssl3_get_key_exchange function in the OpenSSL client (ssl/s3_clnt.c) in OpenSSL 1.0.0a, 0.9.8, 0.9.7, and possibly other versions, when using ECDH, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted private key with an invalid prime. NOTE: some sources refer to this as a use-after-free issue.

Language: C

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (25)

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2038

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00005.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/40906

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3077

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.668793

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42309

Url: http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev%40openssl.org/msg28045.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1003-1

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2010-2939

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2229

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2939

Url: http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:10.openssl.asc

Url: http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev%40openssl.org/msg28049.html

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Aug/84

Url: http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev%40openssl.org/msg28043.html

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1024296

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2100

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/11/6

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/41105

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/42413

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130331363227777&w=2

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43312

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-2939

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2010-2939

Date: August 17, 2010

Language: C

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